Bridge on Crown Prince Embankment (Brucke am Kronprinzenufer)

1909

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image features bold, sweeping lines and shapes on a textured surface, creating an abstract composition. Linear forms suggest arches resembling a bridge over a rectangular shape. Below this, two upright figures are seen. Irregular lines converge and stretch across the top, resembling stylized symbols or structural forms. The arrangement of lines and shapes constructs an abstract scene with a bridge and vessels.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint with tonal etching on blotting paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 x 25 cm (7 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.7 x 39.5 cm (11 5/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.77.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 63, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kirchner estate (Lugt Supp.1570b annotated R 138II). (Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lugano); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased June 8, 1974; gift to NGA, 1985.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1987-1988.

Bibliography

1967

  • Dube, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube. E.L. Kirchner; das graphische Werke. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1967.

1985

  • NGA Kainen Coll. 1985, 7, repro. p.41.

Inscriptions

lower left in blue crayon: 138; lower left in graphite: SchI 738II; in unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 1909; lower left verso in graphite: K9454 262 (circled) C944

Wikidata ID

Q74071206

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